“Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling, enduring, and accomplishing.”
"The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the body, to find courage, to renew faith, and to become one's own person, utterly and completely."
- George Sheehan
Transformation
"It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually, you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit."
- George Sheehan
Self-awareness
"My times become slower and slower, but the experience of the race is unchanged: each race a drama, each race a challenge, each race stretching me in one way or another, and each race telling me more about myself and others."
- George Sheehan
Personal Growth
"The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the body, to find courage, to renew faith, and to become one’s own person, utterly and completely."
- George Sheehan
Inspiration
"We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely … change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now."
- George Sheehan
Motivation
"The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking."
- Mia Hamm
Achievement
"Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision."
- Muhammad Ali
Achievement
"A bodybuilder is a sculptor who carries with him his own material."
- Serge Nubret
Achievement
"Big battles bring sweet victories."
- Unknown
Achievement
"Champions keep playing until they get it right."
- Billie Jean King
Achievement